Object

Representation ID: 66090

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Gleeson Developments

Agent: Savills (L&P) Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Policy DS20 picks up on the potential for meeting any un met housing need arising outside of Warwick District. There is a high potential that such a situation will exist, for example to meet the housing needs of Coventry, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham. Indeed, Coventry had previously been considering around 3,500 houses on a strategic site to the north of Warwick District. Having progressed a Core Strategy with significantly reduced housing figures than the RSS figures, the Plan was withdrawn partly due to lack of a joint Strategic Housing Market Assessment. Similarly Stratford-upon-Avon is currently proposing a housing figure around 700 houses short of its objectively assessed need figure. Birmingham City Council has indicated a need for between 80,000 to 105,000 houses over a plan period up to 2031, but with an identified capacity to accommodate only 43,000 houses, with a further 6,000 if a review of Green Belt was undertaken.


The NPPG states at paragraph 12-008-20140306 that "Local planning authorities should also consider whether a plan making activity by other authorities has an impact on planning and the Local Plan in their area. For example, a revised Strategic Housing Market Assessment will affect all authorities in that housing market area and potentially beyond, irrespective of the status or stage of development of particular Local Plans."

Given the above, the first sentence of Policy DS20 "The existence of unmet housing need arising outside of the District will not render this Plan out of date...." conflicts with the advice in the
NPPG.